Rates and Mechanisms of Dissolution of Renal Calculi. II. Development and Discussion of Potential Models for Dissolution of Oxalate Calculi

Abstract

In our previous paper1, we demonstrated that even though pure calcium oxalate followed a simple diffusion-controlled dissolution model that real calculi exhibited a more complex dissolution behavior. In this paper we will elaborate five dissolution models that are possibly applicable to renal calculi dissolution and develop criteria for determining their applicability.